The BBC has sparked a debate after branding snowmen 'snowpeople' on Cbeebies.

Catie Munnings, 20, who presents Catie's Amazing Machines on CBeebies, said during a recent episode: "Snow is amazing. You get to build snowpeople and go sledging."

And The Mirror quickly found a dad who was fuming and aired his anger on Twitter.

Simon Gurd from Salisbury tweeted: "Put CBeebies on for my daughter and they are referring to 'snow people'. More PC garbage and indoctrination from the BBC. Another reason to abolish the licence fee."

And he wasn't alone. Laura Clair, from Bournemouth, said on Twitter: "Watched Catie's Amazing Machines with my 4 year old this morning as she loves it. However... Snowpeople?! Really?! Do they really require a gender? Even my 4 yo said it was a silly word cos they're snowmen Fact. #CBeebies #fail #bbc"

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Another dad named Chris said: "Got cbeebies on for the kids, talking about snow and how you can build "snow people" so we can't even say snowman any more".

However, while some blasted the use of gender-neutral term, many backed a campaign last winter which claimed using the term "snowman" is outdated.

It came amid numerous movements to increase awareness around gender-fluid and non-binary people.